Looking For Truth

Once there was a man who traveled the highway in search of Truth. He stopped at every town and inquired. Sometimes the answers he received appeared to be useful and at other times, they did not. Always the advice he received was targeted at his worldly life: get a job, marry and have children. Or don’t work, live in a monastery and become a recluse.

Somehow these pieces of advice did not satisfy him so he kept searching. One day as luck would have it, he encountered a wise man who said, “The answer lies within.” So for many years, this traveler with the help of the wise one examined the inner world and came to see these experiences as part of the answer he was searching for.

Slowly he realized what good is spiritual knowledge if it is not incorporated into the world? So he settled down, found a job, married and raised a family. As he worked, celebrated and worried, he came to see a truly spiritual life is a life that serves others and is guided by the Unseen Forces. And according to Design, he found real knowledge, used this knowledge in the way it was intended and the world about him benefited. All of this happened during the course of living day-to-day life.
-SB

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Dr. Stewart Bitkoff is an avid student of Sufi mysticism. Specializing in therapeutic recreation, psychiatric rehabilitation, and mental health treatment, he holds a doctorate in education and served on the faculties of six colleges and universities. He is currently in the process of completing his third book, Path of the Spiritual Traveler in Everyday Life. A regular contributor to online venues like Wisdom Magazine, New Age Journal, and spiritual blogs. He can be reached at drbitkoff@yahoo.com.